Proms Plus: Edgar Allan Poe

Arts & Ideas

BBC

Society & Culture

4.2 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Novelist and Gothic literature specialist Elizabeth Lowry joins the writer, documentarist, film-maker and psycho-geographer Iain Sinclair to discuss the dark glitter of the Gothic and the work of the American poet Edgar Allan Poe, with presenter Matthew Sweet.

Elizabeth Lowry’s latest book is entitled 'Dark Water'

Producer: Torquil MacLeod

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0:40.3	The conversation you're about to hear picks up on themes inspired by the summer's BBC proms concerts. If you're moved to listen to the music, you can find
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